Adams' Wife
When 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams died, Shelly Miles stood faithful by his side.
‘Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation.’
There are two kinds of people who age.
Those who trade in love like a lease.
Those who love as facial lines increase.
We live in a culture that applauds upgrades: New phone. New car. New spouse.
When mileage gets high and paint fades, go to the lot to get something shinier.
The gospel of modern romance is similar. Husbands swapping wives for newer models with salesmen's grins, financed by self-interest.
This post is dedicated to all those wives who’ve grown old in marriage, been hurt by their husbands, but have displayed noble character until the end.
Scott Adams of ‘Dilbert’ Fame
Most people know Scott Adams as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.
He’s the bespectacled prophet of cubicle despair who taught us all that corporate life could be both hilarious and soul-crushing.
Fewer people know the woman who stood beside Scott when his life became crushing without any punchline.
Adams’ Wife, Shelly Miles.
Shelly Miles is a woman nobody puts on a billboard.
There’s no glossy magazine cover, no Instagram reel with a motivational soundtrack.
Just a life quietly given to her husband, a love stubbornly kept for him, and a faith lived out by him when the applause for Scott had already left the room.
Shelly married Scott in 2006 and kept her professional name ‘Miles’ throughout their marriage.
Eight real years.
Eight tough years of illness.
Eight recovery years.
Eight parenting years.
Just a few months into their marriage, Scott’s vocal cords failed. Shelly helped Scott through spasmodic dysphonia, when his voice, a key component of his livelihood through speaking engagments nearly vanished.
She shared the weight of raising a blended family. She carried grief no mother should ever carry when her son Justin died from a fentanyl overdose. If love is proven by presence in suffering, Shelly Miles passed every test without asking for extra credit.
Then, Shelly’s marriage to Scott Adams came to an end.
Like many men of Scott’s age in modern society, Scott traded in for something newer.
